Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Each work of art excludes the world, concentrates attention on itself. For the time it is the only thing worth doing --to do just that; be it a sonnet, a statue, a landscape, an outline head of Caesar, or an oration. Presently we return to the sight of another that globes itself into a whole as did the first, for example, a beautiful garden; and nothing seems worth doing in life but laying out a garden.

Each work of art excludes the world, concentrates attention

Summary

This quote emphasizes the power of art to captivate and absorb our attention, even to the extent of excluding everything else in the world. Whether it is a poem, a sculpture, a painting, or any form of artistic creation, it demands our full focus and becomes the sole purpose of our existence at that moment. The quote suggests that art transports us into a separate reality, momentarily making us believe that there is nothing more significant than creating or experiencing it. It underlines the profound effect that art can have on our perception and the way it can inspire a sense of purpose and beauty in life.

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